Lumbar supports for home care workers with low back pain, an efficacy study.

- candidate number

1854

- NTR Number

NTR510

- ISRCTN

ISRCTN73707379

- Date ISRCTN created

5-dec-2005

- date ISRCTN requested

2-dec-2005

- Date Registered NTR

25-nov-2005

- Secondary IDs

N/A

- Public Title

Lumbar supports for home care workers with low back pain, an efficacy study.

- Scientific Title

Lumbar supports for home care workers with low back pain, an efficacy study.

- ACRONYM

N/A

- hypothesis

Results of a systematic review showed that lumbar supports are not effective in the primary prevention of low back pain, but there were positive indications for the secondary preventive use of lumbar supports in the reduction of low back pain. In this RCT we study the secondary preventive efficacy of these lumbar supports.

1. Reporting LBP at the start of the study, or reporting two or more episodes of LBP in the 12 months prior to the start of the study;
2. Performing medical care and/or domestic tasks as a home care worker.

LBP is a major problem among home care workers. Annual prevalences range from 44-72%. There are indications of positive effects, when using a lumbar support as a secondary preventive measure against LBP.
This RCT studies the efficacy of using lumbar supports in the secondary prevention of LBP among home care workers.